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              see adams page 6 arlln adams omrp^o enormous fees lawyers now demand adams explained forty years ago legal costs were minor in a business decision today they are a major fac tor adams said firms are concentrat ing on maximizing profits with com munity and public service secondary in importance once domi nated by the single praction er and a 20 partner firm was consider ed large today adams said over 200 part ners is not considered unusual although in 1975 there were only four firms with over 200 partners today there are 150 firms with over 200 partners adams questioned the wis dom of large law firms as legal institu tions he said the advent of mega-firms undoubtedly affects the law in not necessarily positive ways adams said the rise of mega-firms is making the traditional local attorney a vanish ing figure adams identified three key factors in what he considers the growing commercialization of the law the first factor he said is the proliferation of law schools and lawyers adams said today there are over 700,000 students at a growing number of law schools he said law school class sizes have also increased although the most exclusive schools have tried to keep class size constant he identified a second factor as byannedontzin brown and white news writer former u.s court of appeals judge arlin adams delivered the annual tresolini lecture in law thursday to an audience of more than 50 students professors and members of the public adams addressed the fundamental changes the legal profession has undergone and the declining profes sionalism among lawyers adams said the practice of law is very different from what it was 40 years ago due to both internal and external changes adams said the external changes include the growing body of statutory and regulatory law and the increasing types of services lawyers are required to provide adams identified the first of three external pressures as the increase in government agencies he said the rise of the administrative state and quasi-judicial agencies such as the environmental protection agency epa have rapidly increased legal work adams added since world war ii governmental agencies like the epa have increased from 20 in 1942 to the brown and white 215 758-4181 lehigh university tuesday november 15 1988 bethlehem pennsylvania vol.loo no.lb these are people who have been exiled from their country and cannot go home for vacations rev hugh flesher unk/ersity chaplain psa co-chairman grace vicchiolla 89 the psa has made a commitment of its own to raise consciousness among lehigh's student body about lehigh's business dealings in south africa in recent years divestment has reached the status of a trend at several universities such as columbia uni versity the university of wisconsin see divest page 7 semester as does the progressive stu dent alliance psa lehigh's faculty has donated 15,500 and the student goal is to match this amount according to the board of trustees the best way to take a stand against apartheid is through the education of the young south african students divestment in the opinion of the board is not an effective method in combatting apartheid according to center will be redirected from dining services to the scholarship fund this is an effort similar to last year's feed the hungry meal donation program the gryphon society will offer its services for the day by members sell ing themselves in a slave auction with all proceeds from the fundraiser going to the fund the black student union has fundraisers planned for the flesher he said president peter li kins is a moral man he believes that educating these young men and women and preparing them to be the leaders of tomorrow is the answer the board of trustees does not believe divestment is the only ans wer although not disputing the import ance of educating south african stu dents the psa has raised a voice in disapproval of the board continuing to allow lehigh investments to be linked with investments in south africa we support full divestment said by amy silver brown and white news writer lehigh's drive to raise money to bring two south african students to the university continues to progress with the cooperation of the lehigh board of trustees and other campus groups the board has offered to subsidize the tuition fees of the south african * students the chairman of the south african scholarship fund committee university chaplain hugh flesher explained it is up to the rest of us to help also of course they will have jobs when they are here but remember these are people who have been exil ed from their country and cannot go home for vacations they couldn't leave south africa with any money these young people have been dis enfranchised because of south africa's policy of apartheid they arc presently in american high schools they will be prepared for american lu groups push for scholarships students raise funds to bring south african exiles to lehigh colleges and universities the forum-initiated south african scholarship fund is incorporating the efforts of several campus groups to bring two south african students to lehigh every year for four years tuition assistance has been given by the board of trustees while the rest of the lehigh community will raise the remainder of the money needed the residence halls council plans to sell buttons to raise funds which also will serve to create awareness of the scholarship drive the interfrat ernity council and the cultural affairs committee have committed to support a scheduled spring semester concert in upper grace hall featuring ladys mith black mambazo singer-songwrit er paul simon's south african backup group from his groceland album the panhellenic council is sponsor ing a meal donation program in which the money regularly spent on a stu dent's meal card in the university adams gives annual law lecture over 70 today a second source of external press ure according to adams are the new forms of legal action he said class action suits and suits with non-traditional claimants bring public issues into a judicial setting adams remained doubtful about the wisdom of bringing issues traditional ly resolved in the legislative setting into the judicial setting he said such since world war ii govern mental agencies like the epa have increased from 20 in 1942 to over 70 today adin adams former u.s court of appeals judge action has an undeniable effect on the law adams then discussed the internal changes in the legal profession adams expressed concern with the declining professionalism apparent in lawyers today he stressed howev er that change is inevitable adams explained the legal profession was what's inside i wit theta xi gets probation another guard arrested — page 3 professors comment on recent israeli elections page 7 lu honorary society students return thanks page 10 english prof beidler believes in real world 101 page 11 sports swim teams look impressive vs gettysburg - page 14 football soccer fall 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